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- Dictionarybamboozle/bamˈbuːzl/
verb
- 1. cheat or fool: informal "he bamboozled Canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam"
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BAMBOOZLE definition: 1. to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : 2. to trick or deceive someone, often by…. Learn more.
The meaning of BAMBOOZLE is to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe, hoodwink. How to use bamboozle in a sentence. Did you know?
BAMBOOZLE meaning: 1. to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : 2. to trick or deceive someone, often by…. Learn more.
To bamboozle is to hoodwink, lead by the nose, or pull the wool over someone's eyes — you're tricking or fooling them. Bamboozle may sound like a funny word, but anyone that's ever been bamboozled could tell you it's nothing to laugh about.
bamboozle - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
2 meanings: informal 1. to cheat; mislead 2. to confuse.... Click for more definitions.
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The earliest known use of the noun bamboozle is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for bamboozle is from 1703, in the writing of Colley Cibber, actor, writer, and theatre manager. bamboozle is formed within English, by conversion.
The salesperson bamboozled [= deceived] us into getting a more expensive item than we had planned to buy. The quarterback was thoroughly bamboozled [= confused] by the defense.
Oct 31, 2024 · bamboozle (third-person singular simple present bamboozles, present participle bamboozling, simple past and past participle bamboozled) (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
